The search for the county's best young chefs is now on!

Sponsored by Hadlow College, kff and Woods Restaurant, Produce
Store & Bars, we're two weeks into the Kent Young Chef Award
since its launch by the KM Group

Produced in Kent, the brainchild behind the Kent Young Chef
Award, has just announced more details about the fantastic prizes
on offer.

So if you want to be in with a chance of winning a prestigious
'Kent Young Chef Award' and bagging some amazing prizes make sure
you enter your recipe before the deadline of Friday, October
29.

The two winners of the Kent Young Chef Award 2010 competition
will enjoy a fabulous opportunity to create their very own top
notch three course dinner at the elegant Woods Restaurant on the
historic Pantiles.

The winners' menu will be cooked and served by the Woods team at
a glittering Kent Young Chef Award charity dinner in January.

Working with talented head chef Claire Wood at Woods Restaurant,
the two winners will help to create the fine dining experience.

"The charity dinner will be an incredible experience for the two
winners," said Claire.

"The winners will help me put together a commercial menu that
will be served to the general public who attend the sparkling
charity dinner in January."

On the charity dinner night itself, the two winners will be
treated as guests of honour and will get to enjoy their menu at
Woods Restaurant surrounded by more than diners. The two winners
will also be presented with a fabulous hamper each packed with
local produce from Woods Produce Store.

The Kent Young Chef Award charity dinner is open to members of
the general public and will include a three course meal, with
sparkling wine for just £25 a head.

Woods will also generously donate £5 from every ticket sold to
Kent Air Ambulance.

To secure a seat on 20 January 2011 at the charity award night, visit www.woodsrestaurant.co.uk, or call 01892 614 411.

HOW TO ENTER

Go to www.producedinkent.co.uk to find the official entry form
and full rules of entry. Deadline Friday, October 29.

LIVE COOK OFF

The authors of the eight most original and interesting recipes
that use seasonal and local ingredients will be selected and
invited to take part in the Live Cook Off at Thanet College on
Friday, November 26 in front of a live audience and the panel of
judges, including Claire Wood head chef at Woods Restaurant and
celebrity chef Richard Phillips of Chapel Down, The Hengist and
Thackeray's.

All eight 2010 finalists from the live cook off will once again
be invited to spend the day in one of Richard Phillips multi-award
winning restaurants Richard Phillips at Chapel Down in Tenterden,
The Hengist in Aylesford or Thackeray's in Tunbridge Wells.

Celebrity chef Richard Phillips, who regularly features on BBC
TV's Ready Steady Cook will open his kitchens to the finalists and
under the instruction of his experienced team of chefs, each young
chef will have a unique taster day in a professional kitchen before
sitting down to a delicious lunch.